EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-27
Fresh juice1. Bamboo & Kumquat2. Mango & Mandarin3. Papaya & Strawberry 4. Passion fruit & Lavender · Bath salts
The products pose a risk of choking, suffocation and a chemical risk because their packaging, size, marking, image, colour and appearance imitate food products. Consumers, especially children, may confuse and mistake these products with popular food products (candies, lollipops), taste and swallow them, which could cause suffocation and choking hazard. The products do not comply with the Directive 87/357/EEC on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers.
- Published
- 09 July 2010
- Notifying authority
- Lithuania
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1055/10
- Model
- 1.
Classification
- Category
- Other - Food-imitating products
- Risk type
- Chemical, Choking, Suffocation
- Country of origin
- Ukraine
Product description
Bath salt products with packaging, size (200 g), colour, appearance, image (fruit), labelling (inscriptions fresh juice, mango, mandarin, etc.) imitating popular food products (candies, lollipops).
